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INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
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July 26, 1993
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SUBJECT: ELIMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES ON THE COUNTY WOMEN'S
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1 . ELIMINATE specific membership categories on the Women' s
Advisory Committee.
2 . RETAIN five seats for supervisorial appointments, with each
member of the; Board of Supervisors nominating one individual .
3 . DETERMINE that the membership of the Women' s. Advisory
Committee shall be not less than 15 members and not more than
20 members, including the five supervisorial district seats,
with not to exceed 15 seats identified as. "at-large" seats .
4 . DIRECT the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to abolish all
vacant seats. on the Women' s Advisory Committee until the
maximum of 15 at-large seats is achieved.
5 . SPECIFY that the membership of the Women' s Advisory Committee
shall be broadly representative of the racial, ethnic, age,
religious affiliation, gender, and sexual orientation of the
community at :.large.
6 . INDICATE that in all other respects, including terms of
office, the structure of the Women' s AdvisorycCommittee shall b
continue to e as it is at present.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: 7
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOA COLI T E
APPROVEOTHER
SUNNE WRIGHT . MCPEAK I ,_ITH
SIGNATURE S
ACTION OF BOARD ON August 1993 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
`r I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
Y UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
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ContactBarbara Jensen 646-5391 PHIL BATCHELOR LERKOFTHEBOARDOF
cc: County Administrator SUPERVISORS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Arthur C. Miner, Executive Director, PIC
Auditor-Controller
BY ,DEPUTY
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BACKGROUND:
The County Women' s Advisory Committee was initially created in 1980
as a Task Force with a membership of seventeen individuals
representing specific categories . Over the years, additional
membership categories were added to the Committee which increased
its membership to twenty-two members.
The Committee has received numerous applications from well
qualified individuals interested in serving on the Committee.
However, the existence of specific categories precluded many of
these individuals from serving because the categories are too
limiting and often times the applicants do not qualify for any of
the specific categories . The Women' s Advisory Committee feels that
a minimum of 15 members would allow the Committee to meet its
quorum requirements . The Women' s Advisory Committee recommended a
maximum of 30 members in order to allow an opportunity for more
individuals to participate on the Committee. However, our
Committee believes that a group of as many as 30 can be unwieldy
for conducting business . We are, therefore, recommending that the
maximum size be held down to 20 members .
The Women' s Advisory Committee has surveyed other Commissions
(Ventura County, Santa Rosa, Los Angeles, Berkeley, San Joaquin
County and Santa Cruz County) regarding their membership
composition. None of these Commissions have specific membership
categories; members are appointed either by their Board of
Supervisors, City Council or individual agencies .
The Women' s Advisory Committee is therefore recommending that all
of the membership categories be dropped, continuing to designate
five seats for appointments by the members of the Board of
Supervisors . We concur with this recommendation, with the
limitation on the size of the Committee and with the remaining
seats, not to exceed 15 ( for a total maximum size of 20) to be at-
large seats, nominations to which would come to the Internal
Operations Committee from the Women's Advisory Committee, using the
recruitment, screening, interviewing and selection process which
has worked well to date.
The categories recommended for elimination are the following:
Business Clerical Employees
Displaced Homemakers Political Liaison
Traditional Professional Women' s Organization
General Services - Women's Health Youth
College Academic/Career Counselor Disabled
Non-Traditional Professional Labor
Non-Traditional (Blue Collar) Senior Woman
General Services - Child Care Homemaker
General Service - Women' s Social Service
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